Perimenopause Archives ~ Life & Style with Bry Jaimea

When your body starts behaving strangely in your late thirties or forties, perimenopause becomes the default explanation for almost everything. Tired? Perimenopause. Foggy? Perimenopause. Joints aching, sleep disrupted, mood unpredictable? All filed under the same heading without much investigation. This is the honest account of what happened when I pushed past the default answer and found inflammation sitting quietly underneath all of it. What that looked like, what actually helped, and why women deserve more than a catch all explanation for everything their body does after a certain age.

My 40's Perimenopause

It Wasn’t Perimenopause. It Was Inflammation.

22 May 202614 May 2026

For months I assumed it was perimenopause. Turns out it was inflammation, and that distinction changed absolutely everything for me.

Women have navigated perimenopause for hundreds of thousands of years. So why does it suddenly feel like a medical emergency in the modern West? This piece looks at the cultural panic around ageing women, the difference between Western and non-Western experiences of this transition, and what happens when you stop treating your symptoms as a deficiency and start treating them as information. A grounded, slightly sceptical look at what your body might actually be trying to tell you.

My 40's Perimenopause

The Western Panic Around Perimenopause

11 May 20264 May 2026

I watched my TikTok algorithm panic about perimenopause for months. Then I started asking who actually benefits.

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Slow roasted tomato pasta. Yesterday, I came home

What a distinguished gentleman.

No caption. Just vibes.

Leaving Adelaide? Easy. Leaving the people I love?

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